2025-2026 Florida SouthWestern Women's Basketball News
Florida SouthWestern forward Chelsea Bishop will be trading in her flip flops for cowboy boots next season after signing to play at the University of Texas Arlington.
Following an All-Conference sophomore season at Florida SouthWestern, Buccaneers forward Destinie Gordon has signed to play at the University of New Orleans next season.
The Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers ran into a buzzsaw that was the #20 Gulf Coast State Commodores on Thursday, dropping an 87-59 decision in the FCSAA Quarterfinals to bring their 2025-2026 season to a close.
Following a standout sophomore campaign for the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers, guard Chelsea Bishop has been named to the 2026 All-FCSAA Team.
Four Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers were named to the 2026 All-Citrus Conference teams on Friday as Destinie Gordon and Chelsea Bishop were tabbed 1st Team All-Conference selections and Amelia Williams and Kiara Harris picked up 2nd Team honors.
Amelia Williams poured in a career high 34 points, but it wasn't enough as the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers lost their regular season finale 79-69 to the Miami Dade Sharks Monday night in Miami.
The Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers fought off a late game comeback attempt by the visiting Santa Fe Saints for a 60-59 win Wednesday night in the final home game for the Bucs of the 2026 season.
For the second straight game, the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers watched a good first half go for naught as after taking a lead into the locker rooms at half against the #25 Daytona State Falcons, the Bucs allowed 50 second half points and fell going away, 87-68 to end their chances at defending their Citrus Conference Championship.
Four days ago the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers used a huge 20 point second half comeback to defeat the Eastern Florida State Titans on the road in Citrus Conference action. Wednesday the Bucs had the script flipped on them, watching as Miami Dade erased a 14 point FSW lead with a 53 point second half to stun FSW 92-85 and end a five game Buccaneer win streak.
With 11:35 left in Saturday's Citrus Conference game the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers trailed the Eastern Florida State Titans by 18. To that point, it just wasn't the Bucs afternoon. But, an offense rebound and putback from Chelsea Bishop began an almost unbelievable run by both Bishop and the Bucs to close out the game as FSW whittled down the Titans lead, tied the game late, and ultimately pulled off a shocking 64-62 win to punch their ticket to the 2026 postseason.
As the old saying goes, it's not how you start, it's how you finish. That was a good thing for the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers on Wednesday night in Tampa as after a forgettable first half, the Bucs stormed out of the locker rooms in the third quarter with a 27 point quarter before finishing off the Hillsborough Hawks 72-66 to improve to 17-8 on the year.
Florida SouthWestern Head Coach Jamie Fisher's beard is looking a little lighter these days, and might just have something to do with the fact that his team has played four straight games decided by four points or less over the past two weeks. As was the case once again on Wednesday as his Bucs watched a 12 point fourth quarter lead disappear just to see them regroup for a 58-54 win, their third straight victory, the three by a combined 10 points.
Kiara Harris torched the nets for 30 points including 18 in the second half as the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers went on the road and earned a hard fought 73-71 win over the Eastern Florida State Titans Saturday afternoon in Melbourne.
Five players scored in double figures for the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers and the Bucs held the visiting Hillsborough Hawks to just 31% shooting as FSW got past the Hawks 65-61 in a key Citrus Conference game Wednesday night in Suncoast Credit Union Arena.
The Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers led for 35 minutes Saturday afternoon against the Santa Fe Saints, but couldn't close the deal late, watching their lead slip in a 57-54 defeat to fall to 13-8 on the year.
The Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers got off to a slow start, but exploded in the second half, defeating the Miami Dade Sharks 76-64 to improve to 13-7 on the year Wednesday night in Miami.
